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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1992
Page
3
Five women aged 14 to about 40 were found dead in a single room by one of their boyfriends around 1 30 p.m. Police said the victims were homicide cases and the indoor scene was described as a “quite a scene” though he would not specify the manner of death.
The Washington Post reports President Bush overruled the EPA to ease and speed up changes that would raise emissions beyond permit limits. White House aides signaled that public notification of such changes would not be required, with legal opinion pending. Officials say the move aligns with broader deregulation aims as the economy struggles and Bush campaigns for re election.
White police sergeant Stacey Koon acquitted in the Rodney King beating seeks a publisher for a 275 page memoir titled The Ides of March. The manuscript contains racial slurs and jokes about using force against minorities drawing denouncement from minority leaders and civil rights groups.
Milwaukee leaders threaten a bus protest to Champaign to stop a $2.50 unauthorized biography of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. Families describe the work as pornography showing graphic sexual and dehumanizing scenes. they demand editor Hart Fischer cease publication.
More than 30 000 mayors and Democratic leaders gathered near the Washington Monument to press for a $35 billion urban revitalization program. Speakers including Benjamin Hooks and Jesse Jackson urged action while the White House declined to comment on the protest.
A Time and CNN poll shows Ross Perot at 33 percent among 917 registered voters surveyed May 13-14, leading Bush at 28 and Clinton at 24 with a 3.2 point margin of error. In a two way race, Bush leads 38 to 35, with Clinton voters and Bush supporters open to Perot if he runs.
The space shuttle Endeavour landed at Edwards Air Force Base California with seven astronauts after a historic mission. It circled Earth 141 times covering 3 696 019 miles and marked the first shuttle landing here with a 40 foot drag chute deployment by Commander Daniel Brandenstein. About 125 000 spectators witnessed the Mojave Desert touchdown at 1 57 p m PDT and NASA hailed the mission as spectacular.
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